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According to the Centers for Disease Control, food-borne illnesses sicken more than 15% of Americans every year, causing approximately 3,000 deaths and 128,000 hospitalizations -- and the numbers are getting worse. But how are these tainted foods getting past our food inspectors? You won't like the answer.

Each year, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla) puts out his Waste Book, pointing out federally funded programs he considers especially absurd. They're the funniest -- and strangest -- things paid for with taxpayer dollars. Think you'll recognize the real weirdness? Take our quiz to find out.

Every Friday, we hunt down the best deals, freebies and limited-time offers available for the coming week. Our favorites: free Doritos Locos Tacos, free portraits, big office supply discounts, and an early price cut on the Nexus 7 tablet.

By Joshua Berlinger The research firm Wealth-X recently released a report listing the richest person in each U.S. state. This new rich list shows that 41 states are home to billionaires who obtained their ...

The U.S. economy grew at a slightly faster 2 percent annual rate from July through September, buoyed by more spending by consumers and the federal government.

Ample supplies helped send oil prices down to near $85 per barrel on Friday.Benchmark oil for December delivery was down 80 cents to $85.25 a barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil hasn't been that low since July 10.

It has long been clear that GM would have to get creative to win back customers. Decades of shoddy cars drove off GM loyalists, and just as its cars started to get better, the economy tanked. But now GM has a plan to lure you back, and it involves a lot of help from Disney.

Shares of Royal Caribbean coasted higher on Thursday after the cruise line posted an encouraging quarterly report -- and market leader Carnival followed in its wake. But it's when you dive deeper into the numbers that you can see how things will be getting even sunnier in days ahead.

RadioShack shouldn't be surprising anyone on the downside when it reports its quarterly results, but that's exactly what happened on Tuesday. Net sales fell 3% to $1 billion, weighed down by a 1.6% decline in same-store sales. Analysts were banking on a slight top-line uptick.

Brick-and-mortar retailers have been taking a beating from shoppers using their stores as mere showrooms for Amazon and other e-commerce sites. But ahead of Christmas shopping season, some experts suggest that a smartphone-equipped shopper should be seen not as a problem, but as an opportunity.

The Paris appeals court on Wednesday ordered former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel to spend three years in prison and pay back a staggering 4.9 billion euros (about $7 billion) in damages for one of the biggest trading frauds in history.

The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan says he's suing Bank of America for $1 billion for mortgage fraud against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says Countrywide had procedures designed to process loans at high speed and generated thousands of fraudulent loans.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's complaint website already gave Americans a way to seek redress over problems with credit cards, mortgages, bank accounts, auto or personal loans, even student loans. Now, it's also ready to help us deal with credit reporting agencies.

U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer. "Five years ago, if I or anyone had predicted today's production growth, people would have thought we were crazy," says one expert.